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(closing date for proposals is 14th of december)
Lesbian Lives XV: Friday 15 - Saturday 16 Feb 2008
Writing Lesbian Culture: Theories and Praxis
A 2-Day, International, Interdisciplinary Conference
to be held at the Women's Education, Research and
Resource Centre (WERRC), School of Social Justice,
University College Dublin, Ireland
Keynote Speakers
KATE BORNSTEIN is an author, playwright and
performance artist. Adrienne Rich. Kate's published
works include the books Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women
and the Rest of Us; My Gender Workbook; and the
cyber-romance-action novel, Nearly Roadkill with
co-author Caitlin Sullivan. Kate's plays and
performance pieces include Strangers in Paradox,
Hidden: A Gender, The Opposite Sex Is Neither,
Virtually Yours, and y2kate: gender virus 2000.
BARBARA CARRELLAS is an author, sex educator, and
theatre artist. Her most recent books are Urban
Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century and
Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and
Pleasure. Barbara's pioneering Urban Tantra® workshops
were named best in New York City by TimeOut / New York
magazine. She frequently collaborates with her
partner, Kate Bornstein, with whom she performs and
tours their sex positive, gender-bending
lecture/performance piece Too Tall Blondes Do Sex,
Death & Gender.
Call for Papers
Proposals are welcomed on (though are by no means
limited to) the following:
Lesbian Cultures, Literature, biographies, histories,
sexualities, gender performances, lesbian activisms,
alliances and ruptures, radical feminisms, identities,
ethnicities, historical literature, Motherhood,
Worldwide Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements,
Community and Social Activisms, Histories of
Sexualities, Queer Readings of Literature And
Histories,
The conference organisers welcome proposals for (A)
individual papers, (B) sessions, (C) round table
discussions, and (D) workshops.
Individual Papers: Individual papers should last 20
minutes. Individuals should submit: (1) paper title,
(2) abstract (3) biography (4) institutional
affiliation and address, (5) AV requirements.
Sessions: Panels of academic papers should include 3
speakers and 1 moderator. Each paper should last for
20 minutes, with a further 30 minutes for questions
and discussion. Proposers should submit (1) session &
paper title, (3) abstracts for each paper (3)
biography for each participant (4) institutional
affiliation and address for each participant, (5) AV
requirements.
Round Table Discussions: Round table discussions
should include 6 speakers and 1 moderator. Each paper
should last for 10 minutes with a further 30 minutes
for questions and discussion. Proposers should submit
(1) round table title, (2) rationale for round table
(3) biography for each participant (4) institutional
affiliation and address for each participant, (5) AV
requirements.
Workshops: Workshops last 90 minutes. Proposers should
submit (1) workshop title, (2) rationale for workshop
(3) biography (4) institutional affiliation and
address (if relevant) (5) AV requirements
E-mail proposals to lesbian.lives@??? or post them
to:
Lesbian Lives XV: Writing Lesbian Culture: Theories
and Praxis
Women's Education Research and Resource Centre
(WERRC),
School of Social Justice,
Hannah Sheehy Skeffington Building,
University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
For further information see our website at
www.ucd.ie/werrc or telephone +353 1 7168572
The closing date for the submission of proposals is
Friday Dec. 14th 2007
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